Wait, I thought we were done with this silly stuff. These types of mandates. What’s the point of COVID is mostly over? The city has no mask mandates or any others. They’ve already threatened employees to block their promotions (which would result in lawsuits), and been threatened with lawsuits for “discriminatory COVID policies.”
City of Raleigh implementing $50 surcharge for unvaccinated employees on its healthcare plan
The City of Raleigh announced Monday that a surcharge will be applied on its healthcare plan for unvaccinated employees starting in January of 2023.
The City said it would be implementing this $50 monthly surcharge or employees, retirees, GoRaleigh employees and covered spouses who are unvaccinated.
The City said this serves as a COVID-19 prevention strategy.
“In accordance with the City of Raleigh’s duty to provide and maintain a workplace that is free of known hazards, we are adding this requirement to safeguard the health of our employees and their families, our customers and visitors, and the community at large from infectious diseases that may be reduced by vaccinations,” said The City of Raleigh in a press release.
January 2023. Sure, there’s some fear mongering about an Omicron subvariant that’s hitting Europe hitting the U.S., but, it seems we’re pretty much done with this. At worst it’s endemic. Those employees either had Chinese flu already and have antibodies or managed to make it through 2+ years without getting it. How, exactly, is forcing employees to get the shot by January 2023 going to help? Expect lawsuits.
New COVID-19 variant XE identified: What to know and why experts say not to be alarmed
A new COVID-19 variant has been identified in the United Kingdom, but experts say there is no cause for alarm yet.
The variant, known as XE, is a combination of the original BA.1 omicron variant and its subvariant BA.2. This type of combination is known as a “recombinant” variant.
“Right now, there’s really no public health concern,” said Dr. John Brownstein, an epidemiologist and chief innovation officer at Boston Children’s Hospital and an ABC News contributor. “Recombinant variants happen over and over. In fact, the reason that this is the XE variant recombinant is that we’ve had XA, XB, XC, XD already, and none of those have turned out to be any real concern.”
Weird. Someone at ABC News was allowed to broadcast non-apocalyptic COVID news. Meanwhile, in NYC
Ah, yes, #NewYorkCity, where you can say anything. As the NYC digital billboard (available only in Florida) says "Come to the city where you can say whatever you want." https://t.co/GS1s2TH0Im
— Alberto Miguel Fernandez (@AlbertoMiguelF5) April 5, 2022
Note what the referenced article stated:
So, the city will be demanding to see not only the health records of employees, but their spouses as well.
It’s pretty obvious: if this is the city’s rationale, then the city should demand drug and alcohol tests from the family members of employees as well. After all, if someone’s wife drinks or smokes dope or snorts crack, she is elevating the danger to her husband, who stands a greater chance of being injured by her actions. If someone’s husband patronizes bars, the chances of him wrapping the Hyundai that our host sold him around a telephone pole are increased, right? If he patronizes strip joints, he’s more probable to
pay forscore with a dancer, and bring home AIDS or some other sexually transmitted disease to his wife, increasing the city’s health care costs.Authoritarians gotta authoritarian!
Better to call it a discount for those that do get vaccinated.
Many policies give discounts for non smokers.
That argument only works if you leave the price of the insurance premiums stable and reduce the premiums of non-smokers.
E.g. If everyones monthly premium is $500 and the company knocks off $50 for non smokers, then you have a valid argument. If everyone’s premium is $500 and you charge $50 MORE for smokers then it isn’t. At that point it becomes a penalty.
Who’s next?
Smokers?
Fatties??
Heavy drinkers???
Why should I worry? I don’t use tobacco products, am not over weight and a very very light drinker…
[…] Also see: William Teach: Raleigh To Charge Un-Vaxxed Employees $50 A Month Health Surcharge […]
Teach made it to ‘Whatfinger’, above the fold with this story.
Shouldn’t private for profit health and be free to charge what they want to whomever they want?
Both smokers and vapersare often charged 50% extra teach do you have to pay an extra surcharge for vaping?